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ArchivesRe: Meaning and origin of Lamar.
in reply to a message by Freddie Bear
Lareina Rule's 'Name Your Baby' says it from the Old German 'Land-mari' meaning Land-famous.
Freddie Bear
Freddie Bear
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This does not seem likely to me. I found LANDAMAR (and LANDMAR and LANDEMAR)*, but not LAMAR.
Seibicke** doesn't list this variant either and says: "from the French surname Delamare"
* Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsche Personennamen (1906)
** Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch I-IV, 2000 ff.
Seibicke** doesn't list this variant either and says: "from the French surname Delamare"
* Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsche Personennamen (1906)
** Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch I-IV, 2000 ff.
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